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‘Eurydice’ performance
3 SGA tables bill
14 Baseball sweep
The University’s department of theatre and dance presents “Eurydice,” a play based on the titular Greek mythological chararacter. The show, which features a variety of abstract design elements, opens tonight and runs through the Feb. 21.
The Student Government Association Senate met Thursday night and tabled the Spirit of Alabama Act until a late later date. The bill would rais raise $900,000 for the SGA ffor student programs.
The Alabama baseball team opened its season with a series sweep of Maryland Eastern Shore. Taylor Guilbeau was named the opening day starter and threw 7 strikeouts.
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University Stewards accepting applications for new membership The University Stewards program will be accepting applications at convocations on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in room 203 of the Student Services Center. Students must attend one of the convocations and submit an application to be considered for membership. University Stewards is
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Career fairs this week to host more than 175 employers Three career fairs will be hosted at the Bryant Conference Center this week featuring more than 175 employers, with opportunities for internships as well as full-time employment. The first event in the series is Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. and will cater to opportunities in communications. The second fair, on Wednesday, is for general interest and business opportunities, from
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UA PRSSA to host headshot fundraiser The University of Alabama’s Public Relations Student Society of America will host a headshot fundraiser in the Reese Phifer Rotunda on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PRSSA members will be available to take a professional headshot for $5 and three for $10. For an additional $2, the
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Spirit of Alabama Act tabled by the Senate Rules Committee, waiting for approval by University of Alabama Board of Trustees
would raise nearly
$900,000 for things such as student services and an SGA-sponsored on-campus concert
proposed by Senator Patrick Fitzgerald, a sophomore majoring in international marketing $10,000 CW / Belle Newby
Spirit of Alabama Act tabled at SGA Senate meeting Thursday By Nick Privitera | Contributing Writer
The capacity of the Ferguson Center Forum was exceeded at the Student Government Association Senate meeting on Feb. 12. The majority of student observers showed up to support the Spirit of Alabama Act, proposed by Senator Patrick Fitzgerald, a sophomore majoring in international marketing. However, the Senate Rules Committee tabled the act to gauge support from the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The proposed Spirit of Alabama Act would raise approximately $900,000 to reinvest in the student body, providing services to students as well as an on-campus concert sponsored by the SGA. “There were a lot of people in here, but that’s good to see everybody come in and appreciate what’s going on,” said Speaker of the Senate Branden Greenberg. “That’s great, that’s ideal. They actually care and want to hear what’s going on. That means a lot to the senators.” Tensions rose over discussion about the Spirit of Alabama Act so much that one unidentified man was asked to leave the room because of his behavior. “I feel like the Senate is a very respectable place and we need to be a little more careful with how we choose to carry ourselves,” said Senator Andrew Cicero, a
junior majoring in business. “I appreciate the emotion … I love that there were a ton of students here, but I feel like we need to maintain that the Senate is one of the most honorable things that you can do.” Aside from the Spirit of Alabama Act, senators discussed several other pieces of legislation during the meeting. A resolution to alter the class registration process was tabled and the town hall meeting resolution from last week was passed unanimously. Senators also introduced two new resolutions this week. One proposes that SGA members who have served at least one year be recognized at their graduation. The other resolution proposes that The University of Alabama begin using open educational resources. OERs would give students access to free online textbooks and could save the student body money in textbook expenses. After the meeting, Fitzgerald gave a speech outside of the forum to express his commitment to the students for the Spirit of Alabama Act. “I don’t know if this is going to hit the floor next week,” he said. “I don’t know if it will hit the floor the week after, but I assure you of this: Nobody is going to fight harder for this to hit the floor as soon as possible. We’ve already got endorsements from statewide organizations.”
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UA hosts Darwin forum By Alana Norris | Staff Reporter
Among the fossils in the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Smith Hall, a collection of people held philosophical discussions over evolutionary cake. The third annual Darwin Day Colloquium took place Thursday in honor of Charles Darwin’s 206th birthday. Sarah Duncan, a doctoral candidate in the department of biological sciences, gave the first lecture of the day about research she collaborated on studying UA students’ acceptance of evolution. Her research looks at what factors either increase or decrease their acceptance. “The University is a really special institution in that we actually have speakers come and talk about how important the theory of evolution actually is and the contributions that Darwin made to science,” she said. The Philosophy Club, the Secular Student Alliance, the Journal of Science and Health at UA and the Evolutionary Studies Club were all in attendance for the Darwin Day celebration. Taylor Burbach, president of the Evolutionary Studies Club, said they had a good variety of speakers ranging from recent graduates to former faculty members. “I think putting more emphasis on the interdisciplinary aspect of our program has brought more people in this year that we wouldn’t have reached otherwise,” she said. Kilian Garvey, a psychology professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, was the keynote speaker. Garvey met Christopher Lynn, co-director of the Evolutionary Studies Program at Alabama, at a conference in New York. At the conference they discussed Garvey’s research and Lynn invited him to speak at Darwin Day. Garvey’s research focuses on why people reject concepts that are very strongly supported or why they accept concepts for which there is no evidence, including horoscopes and crystals. The keynote speech focused on what factors determine people’s beliefs. “I call it the ‘Darwinian Irony’ and it’s basically how the concept of biological evolution by natural selection is very complicated and it can be pretty existentially threatening,” he said. Garvey uses the example of how people accept concepts like light,
Kilian Garvey, an evolutionary psychology professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, delivers the keynote presentation of Darwin Day. Photo Courtesy of Danny Mendez
gravity and black holes that are just as complex as evolution, but the vast majority of people choose not to accept evolution. He said he believes it is because of the existential questions that come up when people contemplate evolution. “Evolution can bother us on many, many levels, maybe the least of which is religious,” he said. “It tells us we’re not that special, and humans really like to think they’re special.” He said the fact that people are capable of understanding the facts but just aren’t comfortable with the results is key. It has nothing to do with people’s ability and everything to do with what they want to hear, he said. While Duncan is studying the biological side of evolution, she found Garvey’s address helpful in understanding the psychological side of evolution. “I thought it was wonderful,” she said. “Dr. Garvey really provides that psychological insight into why people are more accepting of evolution, some more than others.” Garvey is a cognitive psychologist. In school he studied the laterality of memory, but he said he soon found he gravitated towards more provocative subjects. “I was very interested in how people form beliefs about the world, and one of the most controversial beliefs that you can get anywhere in this country is evolution,” he said. “I’m also interested in things like people who accept and reject things like vaccines and global warming.”
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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Monday, February 16, 2015
COLUMN | SGA
More people should run for SGA positions CHISOLM
Allenlundy Staff Columnist
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COLUMN | PROGRESS
Progress comes slowly in Alabama MARK
Hammontree Staff Columnist
A week ago, a group of Alabamians long oppressed were finally extended the right to marry legally, allowing hundreds of couples to affirm for themselves those basic protections and liberties that other couples always had access to. Now, I don’t intend for this to be a column asserting the right of samesex couples to marry. Other columnists have already covered that issue and besides, a federal judge already ruled on the necessity of that right. Nor do I plan to spend all my column inches wailing against Roy Moore or Bill Armistead or any other politicians, though perhaps a few will be used in that pursuit. My main goal is to get a better look at the bigger picture. I want to try to find some understanding of why Alabama and other parts of the South are consistently insistent on swimming against the current, or more accurately, doing their very best to block the stream altogether. This is not just in regard to samesex marriage but also to so many
other issues and arenas. Alabama – or at least its more vocal representatives – seems determined to fully embrace that stereotype of backwards, racist, intolerant obstructionism we’ve come to know so well. Always eager for our state to be at the forefront of regressivism, our legislators pass racist and illegal immigration laws, our counties file court cases to dismantle hard-won protections for voters’ rights and our prison administrators ignore years of abhorrent abuse against inmates. In Alabama we’re proud to reelect governors who deny Medicaid expansion to thousands of Alabamians in need, state representatives facing charges of corruption and fraud and a Supreme Court chief justice who’s already been removed from office once and who has particular hatred for gay people. This is only in the last 10 or so years of course. Let’s not forget that we’re also the state that can so proudly claim George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jim Clark. And before them came countless other white men insistent on brutally maintaining a status quo centered on white superiority. Alabama’s history is overflowing with the violent preservation of that status quo. Still, bit by bit, through the resilience and sacrifice of thousands of men and women, Alabama inches forward. Although our most
prominent politicians yell for stagnation and the maintenance of the social order and use phrases like “conservative values” and “states’ rights,” we continue to march forward step by step. While history has shown us that progress is inevitable, and while a wise man reminded us that the moral arc of the universe ultimately bends toward justice, I wonder if I am alone in wishing that arc was not quite so long. I am tired of three steps forward and two steps back. I am tired of politicians more interested in exploiting people’s fears than in inspiring the people’s hearts and minds for progress. And more than anything, I am tired of being surprised when something good happens here. I’m proud to be from Alabama, but I find it hard to be proud living in Alabama. I’m sick of people trying to confine my God into a law and I’m sick of school boards deciding white children and black children are better off separated. I’m tired of false promises and I’m tired of the Lost Cause. I want us to be able to move Alabama forward without having to look back over our shoulders. And I need your help figuring out how. Mark Hammontree is a junior majoring in secondary education. His column runs weekly.
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On the night of last year’s SGA elections, I sat huddled around a table with a group of candidates and their supporters. In the center of the table was a laptop broadcasting WVUA, which was preparing to announce the results of the elections. We listened intently, no one talking, to the names that were coming through as the victors. Invested though we obviously were, the sense of impending doom or success was tempered by the fact that only four of the seven positions were even worth listening to. The other three consisted of only one candidate each, all running unopposed. Eventful, exciting and interesting they were not. That said, as painfully dull as those races were, the 2014 elections made the 2013 elections, in which only the position of executive secretary was contested, look like a Division III pre-season bowling tournament (much love to my bowlers out there). Now, here’s where it gets good. $863,585.05–that is the sum of money listed in the SGA’s adjusted operating budget for the 2014 fiscal year. Now, this money doesn’t just spring into existence at the behest of our wonderful Board of Trustees. Rather, it is collected from you, the students, in the form of “student activity fees” that are levied on all students every single year. If you’ve ever justified not voting – or running – in SGA elections by thinking it simply doesn’t matter, I hope you’ve reconsidered that position. Hopefully at this point there are those among you reading this who are wondering what it might be like to run for a position in the SGA, either in the senate or in the executive branch. If that is you, I urge you to hold onto that sense of wonder. By making these elections truly competitive, we can finally make the Student Government Association something worth investing money into. We can make it something to be proud of. And don’t think for a second that you would be alone in this endeavor. The United Alabama Project is steadfast in offering assistance and guidance to all those interested in running, no strings attached. If you feel it is in your stars to run for a position in the SGA, you are my hero. And I look out for my heroes. If you wish to make a difference on our campus, a real difference, submit your statement of candidacy to sgaelections@sa.ua.edu by Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. If you would like to ask questions about the process or just need some smart people in your corner, email theunitedalabamaproject@gmail.com about running. To paraphrase the political mastermind David Axelrod, some people run for office because they want to be something, while others run because they want to do something. If you fall into the latter camp, here’s your shot. Chisolm Allenlundy is a junior majoring in philosophy and economics. His column runs weekly.
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OPINIONS Monday, February 16, 2015 COLUMN | POETRY
Poetry programs vital for education, promotion of literacy nationwide CAROLYN
Duke Staff Columnist
The “Changing the World, One Word at a Time” video is a moving recording of Belissa Escobedo, Rhiannon McGavin and Zariya Allen reciting their poem, “Somewhere in America.” Emerging from the nonprofit Get Lit program in Los Angeles, the three young ladies recited their poem on “The Queen Latifah Show”, at the 2014 Hollywood Bowl and at the International Teen Poetry Competition, placing third in the 2014 Brave New Voices contest. Along with other Get Lit Players, these three young ladies have emerged into one of America’s spotlights on the Internet. Other young poets within Get Lit who have recently become popular include Kyland Turner with his poem “Chases A Dream” and Alondra Dimas,with her video “Dreamers.” Reciting about their fears, their dreams and their realities, these Get Lit Players have moved thousands with their words. Get Lit’s slogan “Words Ignite”
has certainly proved itself correct. Targeting at-risk teens, the program is “increasing teen literacy through classic and spoken word poetry,” according to their website, getlit.org. This program not only uplifts and empowers youths but also increases the graduation rates of high school Get Lit Players. According to the “Power of Get Lit – ‘Let There Be Light’” video narrated by Diane Luby Lane, the founder and executive director of Get Lit, 99 percent of their students go on to attend college. Implemented in high schools where dropout rates often reach up to 70 percent, the improvement created by the program is astounding. Illiteracy rates are a prevalent and real issue in American society today. Many Americans are blessed to have grown up learning how to functionally and beneficially read and write. However there are many who slipped through the system and are deprived of a skill that allows for individuals to succeed in more ways than one. In April 2013, the U.S. Department of Education and National Institute of Literacy conducted a study and found that 14 percent of the U.S. population cannot read. In Alabama, according to The Gadsden Times article “Alabama Literacy Rate Improves,” the latest study conducted in 2003 and published in 2009 shows
“that 15 percent of Alabamians lacked basic reading skills.” Promoting literacy in society is still necessary and relevant in today’s time. Here at the University, there is a program similar to that of Get Lit called Outlet, and this semester it has cautiously yet excitedly taken off at several high schools in Alabama. As part of the 57 Miles Initiative in the University’s Honors College, Outlet focuses on promoting literacy and youth empowerment through the discovery of poetry by encouraging students to write creative and expressive poetry. Outlet student leaders travel to high schools located in the Black Belt once a week to provide either an inclass or after-school program. Outlet works with high schools that are struggling in producing acceptable scores with state tests. Programs like Get Lit are crucial for America and the improvement of literacy rates in this country. Allowing for reading and learning to be a passionate and innovative experience for youths is an incredibly important experience to provide for young Americans, as the rate of reading printed text is decreasing. Empowering the next generation with written words and expressive writing is more than fantastic. Programs like Get Lit and Outlet
WHAT I THINK • Illiteracy rates are a prevalent and real issue in American society today. • Promoting literacy in society is still necessary and relevant in today’s time. • Reading and writing allows individuals to become their own people and to develop and improve in ways that other skills cannot. • Programs like Get Lit are crucial for America and the improvement of literacy rates in this country. provide, through inspiration and promotion of literacy, ways for children to break out of their social and economic statuses by allowing them to graduate high school and pursue their dreams in college. Reading and writing allows individuals to become their own people and to develop and improve in ways that other skills cannot. Programs like Get Lit and Outlet should be included and started in schools throughout the entire country. Carolyn Duke is a sophomore majoring in secondary education. Her column runs biweekly.
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Monday, February 16, 2015
By Elizabeth Elkin | Staff Reporter
Leading Edge Institute is a nine-month program designed to prepare collegeaged Alabama women to become leaders of the state. Two students at The University of Alabama will graduate from the institute at its Winter Summit in Birmingham Feb. 20 and 21. Students begin the program in the summer and spend the last full week of June on-site with program directors and other participants. “We partner with colleges around the state, and we ask colleges to identify students on their campus,” said Ashley Gilbert, executive director of the program. “It’s pretty evident that each campus has a different set of rules and values. We ask the colleges themselves to identify students who aren’t currently in roles of leadership with the goal being students will gain the tools to run for leadership positions.” Gilbert said this system brings a wide range of people and experiences together. “The group is incredibly diverse,” Gilbert said. “Women learn about different leadership styles and what it looks like to be a leader.” Sarah Kidwell, a senior majoring in family financial planning and counseling,
Lakeisha Skinner, a senior majoring in political science and history, and Sarah Kidwell, a senior majoring in family financial planning and counseling, were selected by the University to participate in the Leading Edge Institute program. CW / Amellia Armstrong
and Lakeisha Skinner, a senior majoring in political science and history, were selected to participate in the program. “I’ve gained connections from different schools throughout the state,” Kidwell said. “This has opened me to different perspectives about women in leadership and how women can affect the community. It’s greater than we know. Women aren’t very
well represented in leadership.” Skinner said she learned a lot about herself and her leadership style from being in the presence of so many other leaders. “I feel like this is the first time I’ve been around a group of girls and bonded like sisters,” Skinner said. “Being around women who are all so different gave me a different perspective on what kind of
leader I am, what kind of person I am, and what I can do to change the world.” Participants create projects to fill needs in their communities. At the Winter Summit, they present those projects to their peers and program leaders. Kidwell took her passion for financial literacy and outreach and created a program that aims to teach underrepresented community members about handling money. “I believe we can give money to those in need, but if we don’t teach them how to use it, it’s an absolute waste,” she said. Skinner is in the process of creating a scholarship program for unpaid interns from low-income families in the College of Arts and Sciences. “It’s a struggle for unpaid interns,” she said. “They want to achieve and be able to do stuff, but they can’t because they don’t have the money and can’t put that burden on their families.” Gilbert said she believes wholeheartedly in the program. “What I see most, because of the type of students we approach – students who currently don’t hold positions of leadership – is a shift in their perception of themselves,” she said. “We try to show them the value that they have as potential leaders in our state.”
Initiative funds gulf study New program in Japan opens By Nick Privitera | Contributing Writer
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Two biologists from The University of Alabama will lead a study of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative funded a $1.5 million grant for the study. Patricia Sobecky, a biology professor and the associate provost of academic affairs, and Behzad Mortazavi, an associate professor of biology, will lead a team of doctors and graduate students in an effort to collect samples and study the long-term effects of the spill on the ecosystem. “We have a chance, using modern tools that weren’t around during the Valdez [oil spill of 1989], to study the system and track it and be a little more proactive, so if this thing happens again we know what to do,” Sobecky said. The study focuses on how microbes in the water have responded to the oil spill. The Gulf naturally seeps oil, so bacteria in the water have adapted to convert it into an energy source. However, it is not known how the microbes reacted to such an intense influx of oil during the spill. Sobecky said the team hopes to discover data that will give clues as to what should be done to protect the ecosystem from damage. “We are specifically interested in the bacteria that are present there that can help degrade the oil, and ultimately, if we can find ways to deliver nutrients to the way that certain bacteria prefer them, we can speed up that process,” said team member Robert Martinez. The team will spend some of its time
University of Alabama students will have the opportunity for the first time to study political science 7,000 miles away from Tuscaloosa in the ancient cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Hiroshima, Japan. Students can earn six credits in PSC 321, which will focus on the issue of nuclear weapon proliferation and how it affects peace policies. When the U.S. dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, Japan became the only country to experience a nuclear bombing. Through a tour of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, students will examine nuclear weapon proliferation through the lens of those who have been directly affected. “It’s an emotional experience,” said Derrick Frazier, director of graduate studies. “I’m not an overly emotional person, but being there and having that experience was the most fulfilling.” Frazier will lead the first trip. The trip partners with nearby universities to bring in experts on the subject of international relations and survivors of the bombing to tell their stories. Allen Rotter, a graduate student studying political science, has visited Japan extensively and worked directly under Frazier. “Dr. Frazier is one of those rare professors who cares about his students,” Rotter said. The trip starts in Tokyo, the most populous city in Japan, where both Frazier and Rotter said the local cuisine is delicious.
Behzad Mortazavi, an associate professor of biology, will lead a team of doctors and graduate students in studying the long-term effects of the spill on the ecosystem. Photo Courtesy of Behzad Mortazavi
working in the Chandeleur Islands, a set of barrier islands off the coast of Louisiana that has received little study since the oil spill in April 2010. Sobecky and members of her team have been doing research in the Gulf since the spill initially occurred in 2010. This recent grant allows them to further expand their research and possibly discover ways to help the ecosystem. “The question is, what is going to happen?” Sobecky said. “Is it going to recover, what’s happening?”
Sensoji is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, one of the central districts in Tokyo. CW / Rachel Brown
“The food is outstanding,” Rotter said. “You can go into the dirtiest looking, holein-the-wall dive place and it will be the best food you’ve ever tasted.” With the U.S. increasingly focusing on Asian affairs in politics and international business, students of all majors have much to gain from exploring Japan, Frazier said. “Students will come out not deciding whether nuclear weapons are good or bad, but having a broader, more in-depth context with which to make that decision,” he said. The trip is offered twice, in the May Interim and Summer I session. The deadline to apply is March 25.
7 APR adds specializations with other changes NEWS Monday, February 16, 2015
By Paige Henderson | Contributing Writer
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A curriculum update is coming to the department of advertising and public relations that will add specializations for lower level APR students. The update, which has been a work in progress within the APR department for the last few years, will bring new course track plans for both advertising students and public relations students. The changes in curriculum stem from the fast pace of the advertising and public relations fields as well as the faculty’s goal to better prepare students for after graduation, department officials said. The course plans will appear in the 2015-2016 course catalog. In addition to the general major curriculum options, there will be specialization opportunities for students majoring in both disciplines. Across the board, the update is meant to offer strategic thinking and research courses to students earlier in their academic careers so they will be able to excel in higher- level courses. Joseph Phelps, chairman of the department of advertising and public relations, said his involvement in the update was one voice out of many in the APR department that worked to make the update happen. “I think our old curriculum was good at helping students gain certain skill sets, but we knew that we could make it even
• Advertising will expand its curriculum with specialization opportunities in both consumer and creative areas. • Public relations will add specialization plans in technological and digital communication management, nonprofit communication management and sport and entertainment management.
The APR Student Initiative Board helped facilitate the official introduction of the new curriculum on Sunday. CW / Paige Henderson
better,” he said. “I am excited about the new curriculum because I believe it will help students gain the skill sets we find necessary to handle today’s public relations and advertising situations.” In addition to the general course track, advertising will expand its curriculum with specialization opportunities in both consumer and creative areas. Public relations will add specialization plans in technological and digital communication management, nonprofit communication management and sport and entertainment management. Glenn Griffin headed the committee tasked with the update. Griffin teaches courses in creativity and
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portfolio development, and he said he feels one way students can reach the next competitive level will be through specialization opportunities. “It is important to note that in both majors, there will still be general major options,” he said. “However, there will also be options for both advertising and public relations students who have a better understanding of what they want to do. These students can specialize in the fields of their choosing and then enter into those fields with more depth.” William Gonzenbach, a professor in the department of advertising and public relations, said he believes implementing researchcourses earlier is
key to student success. “I have always advised students to take law and research methods if possible,” he said. “Now, the update is basically making research methods part of the curriculum earlier, which is great.” The update has been designed so students majoring in advertising and public relations may expand their interests in a large way without having to extend their degree time. A town hall meeting was held Feb. 15 to inform current students of the updated details. All APR majors still involved in beginning courses of their major are invited to look into the update options, as well as those who are undecided in the College of Communication and Information Sciences.
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Stay stylish every season with shoes for all occasions By Jenny Hudson | Contributing Writer
Shoes come in a variety of styles that serve a range of purposes, from getting to class to enjoying nature to attending a formal event. Here are just a few of the types of shoes that help put the finishing touches on some of the University’s most stylish students.
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Tory Burch Boots When the leaves start to turn and the temperature drops, Tory Burch boots are a staple for many students. This boot provides a simple element of style that works well for biking to class or attending campus events. The boots come in a variety of heel heights and the staple colors of black and brown. Tory Burch has them online starting at $325, but similar styles are available at Target.
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CULTURE Monday, February 16, 2015 COLUMN | MUSIC
Father John Misty’s sophomore album another pop-folk masterpiece By Jordan Cissell
Father John Misty is back with vim and vigor. Misty, who goes by Josh Tillman when he’s not on stage, released his first record as Father John Misty, “Fear Fun,” back in 2012. Before that, he was the drummer for Seattle-based folk outfit Fleet Foxes, but “Fear Fun” assertively assuaged any fears that a Misty solo career would just be watered-down Foxes. The first record deftly melded (and sometimes collided) ‘60s rock jangle, folk authenticity, country twang and soulful propulsion into an eclectic, idiosyncratic goop that was every bit his own. “I Love You, Honeybear,” released last Tuesday, is a lot more of the same. The album-opening title track with its multi-tracked and interwoven harmonies is the one most likely to remind you of Misty’s former band. But the trebly guitar wah-wahs and shuffling, unsure drum cadence give the song an off-the-cuff impression that runs dichotomous to the precise, pre-arranged confdence
of Fleet Foxes tracks like “Helplessness Blues” or “The Shrine / An Argument.” “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)” is short and sweet, the song’s gentle guitar plunk and subtle tambourine clink wrapped in an orchestral swell of strings and chants that give way to lilting mariachi horns. The song’s narrator is at once nostalgic and anxious as he gives his take on the young couple’s lustfueled relationship – both where it has been and where he hopes it is going – through a series of haphazard, anecdotal snippets that are equal parts loveydovey quips and nonsequitur one-liners. Every second of “When You’re Smiling and Astride Me” is soaring gospel soul, with a beautiful choir and resonant organ forming pillars of sweet-sounding support as Misty adds line after line to an aural edifice of reverential love. Contrast that with album-closer “I Went to the Store One Day,” in which Misty whispers over the barely-perceptible throb of an acoustic guitar before sliding into a thin, elegiac hum in
the song’s waning moments. If “True Affection” came on while you were standing in line at Starbucks, you’d think it was Bon Iver, with Misty’s ethereal vocal delivery warbling in and out of a thin, spectral falsetto. This track is dominated by a busy trip-hop drum machine beat pushed to the front of the mix. You know when you’ve got six people coming over for dinner but the cookie recipe only makes four servings, so you do some fraction-multiplication voodoo, throw in a little sugar and chocolate chips just to be safe, shove it in the oven, then hope you did the math OK and everything comes out all right? That’s what this record sounds like, except Father John Misty didn’t fool with the math. When approached as a whole, these songs throw a bunch of stuff at the wall, looking just to see what sticks. And most of it does. “The Ideal Husband” slams together chirpy, The Doorsesque organ with big, bad Dead Weather-ish riffs for the background noise of a panicky lover’s racing internal monologue. Oh,
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and he throws in the piercing wail of an air raid siren at select points just for good measure. “They gave me a useless education / and a subprime loan / on a Craftsman home,” Misty
intones dramatically over sparse piano on “Bored in the USA.” From the first song to the last of the dense and eclectic “I Love You, Honeybear,” he gives us everything but the kitchen sink.
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The Doctors and The Lawyers to host release party By Mary-Catherine Hodges | Staff Reporter
During his freshman year at The University of Alabama in 2010, Taylor Atkinson posted a flyer in the lobby of Riverside West reading “Lead guitarist wanted.” “One day I just decided I wanted to start a band,” said Atkinson, a UA alumnus who graduated in 2014. “I posted a flyer in the Riverside lobby and Chris [Wilhelm] saw it and called me to tell me he played guitar. That’s how it all got started.” After four years of playing together, local band The Doctors and The Lawyers is releasing its first studio album titled “Hear It Again,” a collection of nine tracks all recorded and produced by the band. Today, the band’s roster has Evan Brooks on lead vocals, Chris Wilhelm as lead guitarist and back-up vocals, Hayes Turner as bass guitarist, Taylor Atkinson as keyboardist and Jordan Kumler on the drums. “I had no idea what I was getting into,” Turner said. “It was a lot of commitment, manual labor and solo hours in the recording studio, but we did it and I’m so pleased with the final product.” Using only a Mac desktop connected to two PreSonus FireStudio input converters and a Yamaha studio monitor, the five-man band turned the garage of its Cottondale, Alabama home into a makeshift recording studio where it recorded and produced its nine-track album. “Recording in a studio would have cost us at least $10,000 for very limited studio time,” Atkinson said. “Self producing gave us a chance
The Doctors and The Lawyers will host an album release party for their debut album, “Hear it Again,” Monday night at the Red Shed. Photo Courtesy of Evan Brooks
to really explore and test our creative boundaries.” To ensure high-quality sound sans recording studio equipment, each instrument had to be recorded individually. Wilhelm, the eyes and ears behind the production process, then mixed the recorded instrumentals with Brooks’ vocals to compose a track. “We realized about halfway in how difficult it is to self-produce a full album,” said Wilhelm, a graduate student studying mechanical engineering. “But I’d rather have one really good microphone and record each instrument individually than have a bunch of low-quality microphones that record us playing all together.”
With each recording session spanning up to eight hours, the band started recording in June 2014 and completed the album in December. “Hear It Again” is a product of the band’s evolution from acoustic rock to a more electro-funk sound with a jam band feel. The album was written collaboratively by all five of the band members. “As musicians, we gain inspiration everywhere – from other artists, from the world around us, our environment and those close to us,” Brooks said. “Certain tracks were inspired by everything from a tree on the Continental Divide Trail in New Mexico to the port city of New Orleans.” Once the album is released on
Monday, it will be available on multiple music sites including iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and Rhapsody. Additionally, The Doctors and The Lawyers will perform the full album live Monday night at The Red Shed, with local band The Lagoons opening. All attendees will receive a free copy of the album. After the release of “Hear It Again,” The Doctors and The Lawyers will travel to Birmingham, where it plans to headquarter next year and defend its title as the reigning 2014 champions of the Waka Winter Classic. The Classic, a Battle of the Bandsesque competition held at WorkPlay Theatre in Birmingham, sends the winner to Wakarusa, an music festival based in Ozark, Arkansas. Wakarusa will host big names like Slightly Stoopid, Umphrey’s McGee, Moon Taxi and Big Gigantic in its 2015 lineup. “I think it’s time for us to try and move our fan base outside of Tuscaloosa,” said Kumler, a senior majoring in chemical engineering. “Playing at Wakarusa gave us a lot of exposure.” The band played three sets at last year’s festival and was listed on the top six must-see fan videos from the 2014 Wakarusa along with wellknown bands like the Flaming Lips, STS9 and Papadosio. “Being able to play on the level that we do now is more than I thought I’d ever personally achieve,” Wilhelm said. “If the band stopped today, I would be so proud of everything we’ve accomplished.”
COLUMN | GAMING
Multiplayer game ‘Evolve’ blurs lines between predator and prey By Matthew Wilson
Four relentless hunters pursue you as you leap across cliffs and become stricken with panic. A harpoon pins you to the ground and as you struggle to free yourself, a volley of electricity strikes you. While breathing fire and throwing boulders at the hunters, you manage to escape into the jungle. Finding a momentarily safe place, you begin to evolve, growing stronger and harder to kill. As the hunters near you, you leap toward them with enhanced power. The prey has became the predator. “Evolve,” a multiplayer first-person shooter, is an ever-changing chase sequence of cat and mouse, drawing heavily on the children’s game hide and seek. Four players assume the role of hunters, targeting the player-controlled monster across an alien world, Shear. The monster’s goal is to avoid the hunters and consume smaller artifically-controlled creatures to evolve into a more formidable opponent. The three monsters available offer
different experiences. The first monster, Goliath, focuses on aggressive maneuvers like tossing boulders, breathing fire and charging at hunters. Drawing heavily from H.P. Lovecraft, the Kraken is an aerial beast that focuses on ranged attacks. The most evasive monster is the Wraith, whichcan teleport and create decoys of itself. Playing as the monster is a nerveracking experience in the early stages of the game. The player, weak and vulnerable, has very little chance of winning against a competent group of hunters. In the later stages of the match, the game descends into an all-out brawl between monster and hunter that rivals many boss battles in other games. Cooperation is key when playing as a hunter. Even in its weakest stage, a monster can easily take down a lone hunter. Each hunter offers distinct abilities that must be used to win the match. The trapper class tracks the monster, setting traps like harpoons and enclosing the monster in an arena. The assault and support classes wield the most firepower, doing the most
damage in a fight against the monster. The most essential class, the medic, can heal teammates in the heat of battle and slow the creature with tranquilizer darts. Each class offers three characters with different abilities. Sadly, the characters must be unlocked through the slow progression of using different weapons and abilities a certain number of times. “Evolve” is different than most games on the market right now. Unlike most first person shooters, no two matches are ever exactly the same. In between frantic battles, the game has surprisingly calm moments where the players plan and plot against each other like a game of virtual chess. Depending heavily on cooperation is both the game’s greatest strength and weakness. When playing with friends, the game becomes tactical and methodical. Often when playing with strangers, players ignore each other, leading to a few frustrating moments. This is one of those games that playing with friends is not only advised but essential.
While playing “Evolve,” a multiplayer shooter game, cooperation will make or break the experience. Amazon.com
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UA dance alumna choreographs for ‘The Originals’ By Katie Bedrich | Contributing Writer
Allison Michalke Gupton was four years old when she first saw the movie “Singin’ in the Rain” and fell in love with dance. She grew up in Powder Springs, Georgia, and attended a performing arts high school, knowing she would later pursue her passions and a degree in dance. In 2009 Gupton graduated from The University of Alabama with a bachelor of arts degree in dance and a minor in public relations. In her six years since graduating, she married her college sweetheart and accomplished a multitude of career goals.
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During her four years at the University, Gupton was the founding president of the dance honor society Nu Delta Alpha, historian and vice president for Dance Alabama! and a part of Baptist Campus Ministries. She went to every home football game and as many away games as possible. Gupton said she loved each of her dance classes, including ballet, jazz and modern. She said one of her favorite professors was Sarah Barry, who became a dance professor during Gupton’s freshman year. “We were learning and growing together,” Gupton said. “[Barry] gave me opportunities to succeed and grow every chance she could.” Gupton said the dance department has experienced exponential growth since her time as a student. More dance majors are performing in the University’s musicals throughout the year and Gupton said the theater and dance programs are merging together. “I think it’s so much the same, though, because it’s still absolutely fabulous,” she said. “I love hearing how the dance department is still collaborating with different departments on campus.”
COLUMN | THEATER
Staged concerts more for music than acting By Luke Haynes
It’s no secret that the biggest draw of musical theater is, in fact, the music. While it may seem that some productions occasionally get too caught up in the visual elements of a musical production at the expense of the music itself, a new medium has arisen that propels a musical score into its rightful place at the forefront of attention: the staged concert. This concert-style performance came into vogue in 1995 when Cameron Mackintosh celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his massive hit “Les Miserables” by presenting “Les Miserables: The Dream Cast in Concert.” This production featured a cast that was hand-picked from various international productions, and it has become arguably the most iconic production of “Les Miserables” to date. Since “Les Miserables” set the standard, several other musicals have followed suit with classics such as “Ragtime,” “Titanic” and “Sweeney Todd” creating staged concerts of their own. For those unfamiliar with the concept of a staged concert, it is similar to a full production with more emphasis on the music. Such concerts rarely have any significant sets or props and while the performers are generally costumed, that is the only “design” element. Similarly, there is very little blocking or choreography in staged concerts. Actors stand at stationary microphones rather than moving around and interacting with other characters physically. These
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concerts often include minimal dialogue – only what’s necessary to progress the show – and instead showcase the music of the production. While staged concerts are somewhat less visually engaging than their fullscale counterparts, they make up for it with their glorious musical performances. Because concerts have shorter rehearsal periods and runs, they often feature fabulous stars who would never otherwise have the time to play the roles. Additionally, since the stage need not be used for acting space, concerts can have a larger orchestra or ensemble choir, which can help lift the score to previously unknown heights. So while of course nothing ever will, or ever should, rival the complete entertainment that comes with seeing a live musical, if you want to simply soak in the music and see the story unfold before you, a staged concert might hit just the right note.
Gupton is currently a dance instructor and choreographer at three different dance studios in the metro Atlanta area. She is also a journalist and administrative assistant for Dance Informa magazine and a judge for dance competitions in different cities. “I do not have just one career path or job,” she said. “As do many artists, I have several paths to walk each week.” Gupton also choreographs dance-related scenes for the CW Network’s “The Originals” and danced on the show. In February 2013 she choreographed several scenes starring Dakota Fanning and Kevin Kline in the indie movie “The Last of Robin Hood.” “I was able to cast a few UA dance [alumni] in the movie and they danced in a 1950s chorus girl scene with Dakota, which was so fun and satisfying to see,” Gupton said. Photo Courtesy of Ben Holmes
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The University’s department of dance and theatre will be performing Sarah Ruhl’s play, “Eurydice,” starting Monday. CW / Amy Sullivan
Play based on Greek mythology premieres By Ellen Johnson | Contributing Writer
Dry ice and blue lighting will dominate the stage of the Allen Bales Theatre as part of the set of American playwright Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice.” The play, part of the University’s department of theatre and dance spring season, will open Monday. The play is based on the original Greek myth of Orpheus entering the underworld to retrieve his wife, Eurydice. Matt Davis, a third-year MFA directing candidate, will direct the production, which is Orpheus’ tale told from Eurydice’s perspective. The show offers stunning visual imagery and promises to be a spectacle, Davis said. “Because the play is based in this expressionistic world, we get to play and create through the design elements something that is very otherworldly,” he
said. “A lot of the set, props and costume design are very abstract.” Davis said he is excited for audience members to see and gather their own thoughts and meanings from the production. “I like working in this world that’s not based in realism, where audience members are taking their own meanings out of things through critical thinking,” he said. “I like to direct shows where the answers aren’t necessarily there for you.” One of the actors working with Davis in this production is Naomi Prentice, a junior majoring in musical theater. Prentice, who will perform the title role of Eurydice, said the character is intelligent and jealous. “Eurydice is a very smart girl, and she loves to read,” she said. “Orpheus never shares his music with her, and she is very jealous of his music. This
PLAN TO GO WHAT: “Eurydice” WHEN: Feb. 16-21, 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Allen Bales Theatre frustrates her, but she doesn’t vocalize her feelings.” Prentice said her favorite parts of working on this production have been the experience she has gained and the opportunity to work under Davis’ directing style. “[Davis] forces us to think without giving us the answer and to look at characters in a more dynamic way,” she said. Ross Birdsong, a freshman, auditioned thinking about the possibility of pursing a major in theater.
“I wanted to get involved with the theater department, and it’s really cool because they let anybody audition,” he said. “A lot of schools don’t do that. This show is also a gateway to maybe deciding on a theater major.” Birdsong said he enjoyed the opportunity to work not only with professors, but also with fellow actors and graduate students. “I have really enjoyed getting to work with the grad students and not just professors,” he said. “You have someone who’s older than you and more authoritative, but they really allow your creativity to flourish.” “Eurydice” will be performed in the Allen Bales Theatre Feb. 16 through Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door, at the box office in RowandJohnson Hall or online at ua.tix.com.
COLUMN | FILM
Many Oscar categories are locked in; only a few are still up in the air By Drew Pendleton
It’s only a matter of days before the credits roll and the 2014 film year officially comes to a close. The Oscars hit the airwaves Sunday, Feb. 22, and this year’s race has seen ambitious filmmaking, breakout performances and long-awaited turns in the spotlight get their recognition – even if it came with controversy along the way. Before the ceremony even starts, three of the four acting races might as well be locked in. Patricia Arquette, who gives a heartfelt performance as the emotional core of “Boyhood,” essentially swept the supporting actress field all season. While it’s a deserving win, and “Boyhood” is one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, it also essentially throws the other great – if not better – performances from supporting actresses like Emma Stone (“Birdman”), Meryl Streep (“Into the Woods”) and, although she isn’t even nominated, Carrie Coon (“Gone Girl”), under the bus and leaves them still looking for the recognition they deserve.
Julianne Moore’s role as a linguistics professor in “Still Alice” may have sealed her the Oscar for Best Actress. IMDb
The “Best Actress” race is also locked in, although the winner isn’t a first-time contender. Julianne Moore has the role of a lifetime in “Still Alice,” where she plays a linguistics professor who begins showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease. While the film is still in the midst of its nationwide release, Moore’s performance won the lion’s share of major awards, including the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, British Film Academy, Broadcast Film
Critics and the National Board of Review. Moore’s been in the Oscar race before and many consider her to be overdue. It will be good to see her finally on stage with a statue in her hand, but it would be nice if the race wasn’t so locked up and the other great performances in contention – especially Rosamund Pike, who gives the performance of the year in “Gone Girl” – could have a genuine shot. In the other categories, locks may as well not exist. The “Best Actor” race will be a photo finish, as veteran Michael Keaton (“Birdman”) and rising star Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) earned their first Oscar nominations. While Keaton came out of the gate with plenty of wins – including the Musical/Comedy Golden Globe and Broadcast Film Critics – the actors’ branch threw a wrench into the category late in the season, as Redmayne won the Golden Globe for Drama and beat Keaton at Screen Actors Guild and British Film Academy. Redmayne has everything to constitute an Oscar win – a “Best Picture” nomination for his film, an
acclaimed performance in a biopic and a co-star also in the hunt (Felicity Jones in “Best Actress”) – but many see Keaton as being overdue. Although Redmayne may be the frontrunner heading into Oscar night, a swell of “Birdman” support could push Keaton across the finish line. Finally, the top two Oscar categories are tossups, even though they can be pared down to two films, “Birdman” and “Boyhood.” The two films have gone back and forth throughout the season, claiming picture and director prizes along the way. “Boyhood” has the critical clout and plenty of major Best Picture and Director awards to its name (including the Golden Globes, the British Film Academy and Broadcast Film Critics), and “Birdman” has defeated it at the major guilds (including Best Ensemble at Screen Actors’ Guild, the Producers’ Guild and the Director’s Guild). While there’s a possibility one film could take both awards, there is an increasing likelihood there could be a picture-director split for the third year in a row, a split that could go either way.
MONDAY February 16, 2015 contributions to the Alabama gymnastics program after it was announced they would both be inducted into the Alabama gymGYMNASTICS FROM PAGE 1 nastics hall of fame. David received the Sarah Patterson Distinguished Bailey posted her career bests on Alumni Award, which came as a vault with a 9.925 and on bars with surprise to the former coach. a 9.95. Hunter Dennis posted her “It could not be given to a more season best on floor with a 9.9. deserving human being,” Duckworth “I would say tonight we went out said. “David is an amazing person. there and we hit a lot more landings He is such an integral part of why than we have the past few weeks, but our program became what it became. there’s still more that we could hit,” He deserved it.” Beers said. “A couple of Bailey said special us stepped on vault. We honors and initiatives should all be sticking our were simply an incenvaults. I know for me on tive to perform to a Just competing for floor, my first pass was higher standard and a little wonky. The other bring an added energy someone else rather two passes were good to the floor. than ourselves was and everyone else did “We didn’t compete well. Just continuing to for ourselves at all,” she a great thing to be a said. “We had the alumwork on the little things – handstands, sticks, ni we were competing part of. performance aspects – for, to carry on the legabut I think we’re coming cy and prove that we are — Katie Bailey — along very well.” protecting their legacy Following the introthat they laid down for duction of alumni before us. Competing for Sarah the meet, gymnasts escorted can- and David, showing them that we’re cer survivors during their intro- still protecting that legacy and then ductions to honor the Power of also for the Power of Pink, it’s just Pink cause and presented a check not selfish at all. Just competing for for $109,000 to the DCH Breast someone else rather than ourselves Cancer Fund. was a great thing to be a part of.” Throughout the meet, the Next week, Alabama will travel to Pattersons were honored for their Athens, Georgia, where it will comsuccesses with both the cancer pete against long-time rival Georgia awareness initiative and their at 7 p.m. ET.
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Sarah and David Patterson honored on Alumni Night
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Lauren Beers (top) led the way with a career-best 39.65 in all-around competition as Alabama beat Boise State in the 11th annual Power of Pink meet. CW / Hanna Curlette
14 Crimson Tide downs Missouri Editor | Kelly Ward Sports@cw.ua.edu Monday, February 16, 2015
By Elliott Propes | Staff Reporter
The Crimson Tide opened its season with a perfect weekend, sweeping Maryland Eastern Shore. CW / Amellia Armstrong
Alabama sweeps first season series By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter
In the Alabama baseball team’s season opener, starting pitcher Taylor Guilbeau tied a career high by pitching seven strikeouts and six scoreless innings in Alabama’s 6-0 win over the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Guilbeau was named the opening day starter despite only making one start last year. “That’s why he started tonight, he really earned the Friday night spot through the fall and early spring and that’s where experience comes in,” coach Mitch Gaspard said. The offense was paced by cleanup hitter Casey Hughston. Hughston finished the night with three hits, two of which were doubles and two RBI. Centerfielder Georgie Salem went 2-for-4 with two hits and an RBI. Salem scored two runs and stole two bases. “They did good,” Guilbeau said. “You’re always going to struggle to hit, they gave me six runs in the first outing. I don’t expect them to put 10, 20 runs in the first outing, but I felt like they did really good and produced for us.” Ray Castillo replaced Guilbeau in the seventh inning and finished the game with three scoreless frames and five strikeouts. He registered his first save of the year. In Saturday’s game, Alabama registered 14 hits. Starter Will Carter, pitching in his first career game at Alabama, went seven innings and struck out six in an 11-0 victory over UMES. Hughston once again led the offense going 4-for-4 with an RBI. Second baseman Kyle Overstreet led the team with three RBI in Saturday’s game. Carter allowed two hits in his seven innings of work. Alex Watkins and J.C. Wilhite each pitched an inning out of the bullpen to finish the game off. In the series finale, the Tide exploded for 19 runs on 15 hits in a 19-0 victory to complete the sweep of the Hawks. Hughston went 4-for-4 with a double and triple. Hughston and Overstreet both had five RBI in the win. Hughston went 11-for-13 with six runs scored and seven RBI in the first series. Alabama outscored UMES 38-0 in the series. Geoffrey Bramblett started the game for Alabama and pitched six innings with three strikeouts while giving up two hits. The Crimson Tide will travel to Houston for a three-game weekend series with the University of Houston, which starts Friday. Houston is ranked No. 3 in the nation according to Baseball America.
Alabama has its second SEC win and it ended the same way the last win did – with a blocked shot. Thursday, the Crimson Tide took down Missouri 67-64 at home. The last time Alabama won was five games ago when junior guard Khadijah Carter blocked Auburn’s last shot as time expired. A game that featured 10 lead changes in the second half came down to a block in the last second by junior forward Nikki Hegstetter. “The weight is off, and now it is time to get rolling,” senior guard Sharin Rivers said. “That should be our mindset – just keep winning games. That’s all we have to do now, just win. We already did it. We proved we can win.” Rivers hit a go-ahead three pointer with almost no time on the clock. With less than 10 seconds remaining, Alabama had the ball down 64-62. After a failed attempt down low by redshirt freshman guard Karyla Middlebrook, Rivers got the ball on the threepoint line and drained the shot with seven seconds remaining to take the lead 65-64. “I just told myself, ‘If you just get to touch the ball and take the shot it’s going in, like you’re going to make this shot,’ and that is exactly what happened,” Rivers said. Missouri drew up a play to get its
Guard Karyla Middlebrook shoots a free-throw in Thursday’s win over the Missouri Tigers. CW / Amellia Armstrong
leading scorer, sophomore Sierra Michaelis, under the basket, but Hegstetter was ready and made the block while being fouled with less than a second remaining. For Missouri, Michaelis had a career-high night with 28 points on 10-for-15 shooting. Michaelis was sharp from long range, going 5-5 beyond the arc. Senior Morgan Eye had five three-pointers and was second on the team in scoring with 19 points. Missouri as a whole shot 40 percent from long range. “They just have so many players who can hurt you on any given night, and we were just fortunate enough down the stretch to keep them off-balance enough,” Alabama coach
Kristy Curry said. The first half was almost identical to the second half. The Crimson Tide came out a little slow and Missouri took advantage of that with an 11-3 lead. Freshman guard Meoshonti Knight came out and sank her first three shots for seven points to tie the game at 15. Alabama exploded on offense and even held a nine-point lead at one point, but Missouri cut into it again to end the half down 35-31. Middlebrook started with eight points in the half and eventually finished the game with a team-high 17 points. Alabama (13-13, 2-9 SEC) heads to No. 15 Texas A&M Monday for a 6 p.m. tip-off.
Men’s basketball falls to Vanderbilt By Kelly Ward | Sports Editor
Alabama men’s basketball never had a safe lead in its 76-68 loss at home to Vanderbilt. When the Crimson Tide pulled away, the Commodores came back. Then Vanderbilt took a lead and never gave it up. “Give Vanderbilt credit,” Alabama coach Anthony Grant said. “Obviously they played extremely well today. Our defense today was not good enough to win the game today, and I thought that was the difference.” Alabama out-rebounded Vanderbilt 38-30. In the second half, the Commodores grabbed 18 rebounds to the Crimson Tide’s 13. Freshman Riley Norris led Alabama with eight rebounds. He put up five points before fouling out with 1:45 left to play. At the half, Alabama led 33-32 after a foul by Norris and a technical by sophomore Michael Kessens put Vanderbilt on the line for four shots, all of which were made. “The official said that Mike took the ball and that he put it in the guy’s face or something,” Grant said. “I don’t really know exactly what happened. I’ll have to watch it on film.” Redshirt junior Retin Obasohan and senior Rodney Cooper led the Crimson Tide with seven points apiece at the intermission. Obasohan finished with 10 points in his first game back after
Shannon Hale was Alabama’s second leading scorer in Saturday’s loss to Vanderbilt. UA Athletics
missing two games due to a hand infection. After the game, he said his hand felt alright. Senior guard and captain Levi Randolph went 26 minutes without scoring before sinking a three-pointer to give Alabama a 41-38 lead with 13:36 remaining. He finished the game with seven rebounds and a team-leading 15 points. “Like Coach said, we didn’t have the energy or the defensive effort that we needed throughout the whole game,” he said. Sophomore Shannon Hale put up 10 points and six rebounds in the loss. He was the only other Alabama player with double-digit points.
Alabama shot 53.8 percent from the 3-point line in the second, putting up 21 of its 35 second-half points on Vanderbilt from beyond the arc. “I’m glad it was over because I felt like Alabama was going to make every single three that they shot, and it was incredible,” Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said. “That shooting performance by them I thought was incredible, but I think our ability to get the ball inside and get to the foul line was a huge difference for us.” Vanderbilt went 28-35 from the line. The Commodores made 17 of 19 free throws in the second half. Alabama shot 11-17 from the line for the whole game. “Thirty-five free throws is a lot, especially for a team like Vanderbilt that is more of a jump-shooting team, to come into our building and get 35 free throws – again, give them credit,” Grant said. “They were able to get what they wanted from an offensive standpoint. They were able to stay in a rhythm. We couldn’t get them out of rhythm – whether it was the press, half-court, man-to-man, zone, they were able to find a rhythm. We knew we had to be really good from a defensive standpoint, and we weren’t up to the task today.” Alabama (15-10, 5-7 SEC) heads to Auburn on Tuesday for an 8 p.m. tip-off on ESPNU.
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Too many sub-par athletes declare for the NFL By Tyler Waldrep
Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon will be one of many trying to impress at the NFL Combine. Tribune News Service
This is the time of year when football fans realize how much time they spent watching football. The country is suffering postseason depression and the combine is this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cure. The combine gives talented but not always superstar athletes the chance to
prove they can compete at the next level. For some draft participants, the combine serves as a gentle wake-up call. The number of underclassmen declaring for the NFL Draft has gotten out of hand recently. Last year, a record 98 underclassmen declared and 36 of those were not drafted at all. Declaring early with a lower round
projection seems wasteful. Several of the 62 underclassmen who were drafted last year would have benefited from returning to school. The NFL needs to make sure players know when the opportunity is available and when it is another year away. A wake-up call the week of the combine is simply too little, too late.
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